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Admiral Byng. March 1757 ‘At twelve the Admiral was shot upon the quarter-deck,’ recorded the log of HMS Monarch moored in Portsmouth Harbour. On 14 March 1757, John Byng, an Admiral of the Blue, died with courage and composure before a Marine firing squad. The trial and execution of Admiral Byng was one of the […]

John Cleveley the Elder – Admiral Byng’s fleet getting underway from Spithead. John Byng might have given chase to the French fleet at Minorca, instead he withdrew to Gibraltar and left the island to its fate. Minorca 1756. On 7 April, Byng was at last able to weigh anchor. His captains were a capable but […]